Paradise on Fire
αααααΆ 2021 Β· Hachette UK
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From award-winning and bestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age survival tale exploring issues of race, class, and climate change.β
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Addy is haunted by the tragic fire that killed her parents, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. Years later, Addyβs grandmother has enrolled her in a summer wilderness program. There, Addy joins five other Black city kidsβeach with their own troublesβto spend a summer out west.
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Deep in the forest the kids learn new (and to them) strange skills: camping, hiking, rock climbing, and how to start and safely put out campfires. Most important, they learn to depend upon each other for companionship and survival.Β
But then comes a devastating forest fireβ¦
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Addy is face-to-face with her destiny and haunting past. Developing her courage and resiliency against the raging fire, itβs up to Addy to lead her friends to safety. Not all are saved. But remembering her origins and grandmotherβs teachings, sheβs able to use street smarts, wilderness skills, and her spiritual intuition to survive.
BCALA 2021 Best of the Best Book
A Cadmus Childrenβs Fiction Award for the Green Earth Book Award winner
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Addy is haunted by the tragic fire that killed her parents, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. Years later, Addyβs grandmother has enrolled her in a summer wilderness program. There, Addy joins five other Black city kidsβeach with their own troublesβto spend a summer out west.
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Deep in the forest the kids learn new (and to them) strange skills: camping, hiking, rock climbing, and how to start and safely put out campfires. Most important, they learn to depend upon each other for companionship and survival.Β
But then comes a devastating forest fireβ¦
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Addy is face-to-face with her destiny and haunting past. Developing her courage and resiliency against the raging fire, itβs up to Addy to lead her friends to safety. Not all are saved. But remembering her origins and grandmotherβs teachings, sheβs able to use street smarts, wilderness skills, and her spiritual intuition to survive.
BCALA 2021 Best of the Best Book
A Cadmus Childrenβs Fiction Award for the Green Earth Book Award winner
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Jewell Parker Rhodes is a professor of creative writing and American literature at Arizona State University. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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